Lewis M. Long

Lewis M. Long (1937)

Lewis Marshall Long (born June 22, 1883 in Gardner , Grundy County , Illinois , †  September 9, 1957 in Sandwich , Illinois) was an American politician . Between 1937 and 1939 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lewis Long attended public schools in Aurora and then Plano High School . This was followed by studies at the University of Illinois in Urbana . Between 1904 and 1930 he worked in the telegraph offices in Plano and Sandwich. After studying law at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago and his admission to the bar in 1930, he began practicing this profession in Sandwich. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Partya political career. Between 1922 and 1926 he was a member of the Sandwich Town Council; in 1935 and 1936 he was mayor of that city. From 1932 to 1936 he was also a member of the local education committee.

In the 1936 congressional election , Long was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 27th  constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Michael L. Igoe, who had since stepped down, on January 3, 1937 . Since he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party in 1938, he could only spend one legislative period in Congress until January 3, 1939 . During this time, further New Deal laws were passed by the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Lewis Long Long worked as a lawyer again. In 1940 he competed unsuccessfully for re-entry into Congress. Between 1939 and 1941 he worked for the Transportation Department ( Division of Motor Carriers ) of the State of Illinois. He died on September 9, 1957 in Sandwich, where he was buried.

Web links

• Lewis M. Long in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lewis M. Long in the database of Find a Grave (English)